Cassidy
#541 for girls in 2025, 558 births · #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
Given to girls 94.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 3,395 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 60,848since 1969
Cassidy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #541 | 558 | #2,572 | 51 |
| 2024 | #478 | 646 | #2,313 | 61 |
| 2023 | #495 | 620 | #2,441 | 55 |
| 2022 | #478 | 661 | #2,675 | 49 |
| 2021 | #478 | 655 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #411 | 765 | #2,728 | 45 |
| 2019 | #368 | 865 | #2,421 | 55 |
| 2018 | #361 | 869 | #1,937 | 76 |
| 2017 | #326 | 1,003 | #2,014 | 70 |
| 2016 | #289 | 1,123 | #2,255 | 59 |
| 2015 | #257 | 1,236 | #2,809 | 42 |
| 2014 | #247 | 1,311 | #2,661 | 45 |
| 2013 | #250 | 1,276 | #2,299 | 55 |
| 2012 | #280 | 1,140 | #2,488 | 50 |
| 2011 | #282 | 1,126 | #2,478 | 50 |
| 2010 | #250 | 1,286 | #2,429 | 51 |
| 2009 | #244 | 1,360 | #2,348 | 55 |
| 2008 | #228 | 1,491 | #2,088 | 66 |
| 2007 | #207 | 1,657 | #2,416 | 53 |
| 2006 | #199 | 1,771 | #1,943 | 69 |
| 2005 | #189 | 1,833 | #2,701 | 40 |
| 2004 | #168 | 2,007 | #2,024 | 59 |
| 2003 | #150 | 2,235 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #131 | 2,634 | #2,755 | 34 |
| 2001 | #107 | 3,029 | #2,489 | 39 |
| 2000 | #107 | 3,163 | #2,298 | 42 |
| 1999 | #99 | 3,395 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #113 | 3,045 | #1,768 | 57 |
| 1997 | #105 | 3,143 | #1,753 | 55 |
| 1996 | #109 | 2,844 | #1,368 | 78 |
| 1995 | #108 | 3,042 | #1,244 | 87 |
| 1994 | #139 | 2,306 | #1,041 | 114 |
| 1993 | #267 | 1,028 | #1,060 | 109 |
| 1992 | #354 | 725 | #987 | 119 |
| 1991 | #418 | 610 | #1,077 | 102 |
| 1990 | #470 | 521 | #921 | 125 |
| 1989 | #487 | 482 | #911 | 124 |
| 1988 | #538 | 405 | #884 | 116 |
| 1987 | #521 | 396 | #852 | 120 |
| 1986 | #546 | 371 | #912 | 101 |
| 1985 | #491 | 416 | #718 | 151 |
| 1984 | #492 | 406 | #665 | 169 |
| 1983 | #530 | 358 | #669 | 163 |
| 1982 | #756 | 219 | #1,107 | 68 |
| 1981 | #942 | 157 | #1,188 | 60 |
| 1980 | #1,077 | 131 | #1,133 | 64 |
| 1979 | #1,204 | 108 | #1,464 | 41 |
| 1978 | #1,221 | 102 | #1,371 | 45 |
| 1977 | #1,514 | 72 | #1,210 | 53 |
| 1976 | #1,602 | 62 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #1,729 | 54 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | #1,311 | 42 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | #1,745 | 26 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cassidy! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cassidy is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#450 · 1 in 3,033
- Indiana#493 · 1 in 4,349
- Washington#515 · 1 in 3,824
- Ohio#803 · 1 in 9,851
- Florida#842 · 1 in 7,337
Best ever in a state: #31 in Maine, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #450 | 5 | 1 in 3,033 |
| Indiana | #493 | 8 | 1 in 4,349 |
| Washington | #515 | 6 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Ohio | #803 | 7 | 1 in 9,851 |
| Florida | #842 | 6 | 1 in 7,337 |
| Texas | #1,297 | 7 | 1 in 14,770 |
| California | #1,691 | 7 | 1 in 21,904 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cassidy
- 63 spots since 2024 (#478 → #541)
- 130 spots since 2020 (#411 → #541)
- 284 spots since 2015 (#257 → #541)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1983 (#756 → #530)
- Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2021 (#411 → #478)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1999 at #99 (3,395 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1999
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1981–2025
- Highest: 1 in 522 girls born in 1999 were named Cassidy (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,880 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 34.8% of all girls named Cassidy (21,180) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1974, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 523 | #1,204 (1979) | #2,250 |
| 1980s | 3,341 | #487 (1989) | #638 |
| 1990s | 20,659 | #99 (1999) | #218 |
| 2000s | 21,180 | #107 (2000) | #173 |
| 2010s | 11,235 | #247 (2014) | #291 |
| 2020s | 3,905 | #411 (2020) | #480 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cassidy in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,018 of them was named Cassidy, which outranked 89.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,212Shalanda103
- #1,212Stormy103
- #1,212Tabetha103
- #1,221Cassidy102
- #1,221Bonita102
- #1,221Chantal102
- #1,221Deandra102
- #1,231Candida101
- #1,231Estella101
- #1,231Joslyn101
Tied with 9 names at #1,221; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 36,485 of them was named Cassidy, which outranked 79.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,352Theo46
- #1,352Thor46
- #1,352Toney46
- #1,371Cassidy45
- #1,371Anthoney45
- #1,371Chaz45
- #1,371Domenico45
- #1,393Abelardo44
- #1,393Adolph44
- #1,393Bilal44
Tied with 21 names at #1,371; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.